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Business Index Linkage Table to Statistical Identifiers

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Summary

The table consists of identifiers from both the administrative register and the statistical register. This enables users to join their data with ease.

Description

The table consists of identifiers from the Business Index, which is the administrative register, with corresponding statistical identifiers, from the Inter Department Business Register. This allows the user to link the lowest legal form of a business, a legal unit to statistical data gleaned at the enterprise or reporting unit level. The enterprise / reporting unit can have either a 1-1 relationship with the legal unit [a business] or 1>many. This is due to the way a single business identifies itself which can be equal to a whole division and thus >1 legal unit. Due to statistical data following the UK economic activity of a business, the statistical identifiers can change throughout the year and therefore, the Business Index ID has been linked for each quarter of each year of the published statistical data. The user guide will outline how to join statistical data to the table to utilise the administrative ID from the Business Index.

About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 1998 to 31 March 2025
Frequency
Quarterly
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Search keywords
Business IDBR Statistical Register Look up Index

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Business and economy
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Reference
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
UK
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 January 1998 to 31 March 2025
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Quarterly
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Not applicable
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Office for National Statistics
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Standard disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Access for all accredited researchers
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
No requirements
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
IDS Business Catalogue identifierThe identifier for this dataset resource
0.0306
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Business Index Linkage Table to Statistical Identifiers